Legal Opinion

Abbe Bershatsky v. Wilbur A. Levin, Commissioner of Jurors, Kings County, New York and His Successors in Office

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided November 8, 1996No. 380, Docket 96-7238PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

Plaintiff Abbe Bershatsky appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, David G. Trager, Judge, dismissing her complaint against the Commissioner of Jurors for Kings County, New York, seeking an injunction against the selection of potential jurors from voter registration lists, on the ground that that practice constitutes an impermissible burden on the right to vote, in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1973i(b) (1994), the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Twenty-Fourth Amendment. In her complaint or in an affidavit,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  5. United States v. James Neal Lewis, United States of America v. Ira Lee DickersonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993

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3Cited by3 opinions

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